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"Of all the many glorious images we have received from Saturn, none are more strikingly unusual than those taken from Saturn's shadow," the lead of the Cassini imaging team at the Space Science Institute, Carolyn Porco, said of the new image in a written statement released by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  The Cassini mission is a joint project of NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency. The institute is based in Boulder, Colorado. [via huffingtonpost ] The glorious back-lit photograph--actually a mosaic of images taken in the violet, visible, and near-infrared parts of the electromagnetic spectrum taken when Cassini was about 500,00 miles from Saturn--was snapped on Oct. 17, 2012, during the probe's 174th orbit around the planet, according to the statement. At the time, the space probe was situated in what space scientists call a "very scientifically advantageous and coveted viewing position" (peering back toward the sun while...

Premier astrophotographer Thierry Legault talks about tracking spy satellites in the sky and his quest to do "things that nobody has done before."He painstakingly chronicling the orbits of planets, distant galaxies, spaceships, and—to the chagrin of the intelligence community—of the spy satellites we’re not supposed to see. At Wallaman Falls, between Townsville and Cairns, in north Queensland, the Full Moon enlightens the landscape and its light, combined with the water of the fall, creates a Moonbow. A bright shooting star crosses the Milky Way during the exposure. See more of Thierry's work here  http://www.astrophoto.fr/

Donald Pettit speaks at Luminance 2012 from PhotoShelter.com on Vimeo . “My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then ‘stack’ them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure.” ~ Donald Pettit ( A total of 18 images were combined to create this composite.) Pettit poses with 10 Nikon cameras and lenses.